{"id":1423564,"date":"2022-04-07T11:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423564"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:15:00","slug":"the-masters-did-not-disinvite-phil-mickelson-six-time-major-champion-chose-not-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-masters-did-not-disinvite-phil-mickelson-six-time-major-champion-chose-not-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masters \u2018Did Not Disinvite\u2019 Phil Mickelson; Six-Time Major Champion Chose Not To Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-masters-did-not-disinvite-phil-mickelson-six-time-major-champion-chose-not-to-play%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423564&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1366337054.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>We could have had an old-school Masters tournament, with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson teeing it up at Augusta. But with Mickelson dealing with off-the-course issues, we\u2019ll just have to settle for Tiger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, <\/span><span>Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley told reporters that the tournament \u201c<\/span><span>did not disinvite Phil.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI would like to say we did not disinvite Phil,\u201d Ridley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/33683807\/augusta-chairman-phil-mickelson-was-invited-pulled-out\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> during a news conference Wednesday. \u201cPhil is a three-time Masters champion and is invited in that category and many other categories; he\u2019s the defending PGA champion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPhil reached out to me \u2026 and let me know that he did not intend to play,\u201d Ridley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/33683807\/augusta-chairman-phil-mickelson-was-invited-pulled-out\"><span>continued<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThat was by way of a text, and I thanked him for his courtesy in letting me know. I told him that we certainly appreciated that and, you know, told him that I was certainly willing to discuss that further with him if he\u2019d like. He thanked me, and we had a very cordial exchange.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In March, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/story\/phil-mickelson-2022-masters\"><span>Golf Digest<\/span><\/a> <span>confirmed that Phil Mickelson would not be playing at The Masters for the first time since 1994, making it the first time in 28 years that Mickelson will not be present at the course in Augusta, Georgia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 51-year-old is a three-time Masters champion, and the defending PGA champion. On the Masters\u2019 website, Mickelson is listed in the category \u201cPast Champions Not Playing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the news was disappointing for golf fans everywhere \u2014 Mickelson is a fan favorite \u2014 it wasn\u2019t surprising, following Mickelson\u2019s February announcement that he would be taking some time away from golf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mickelson found himself in trouble after comments he made to Alan Shipnuck of the Fire Pit Collective went public in an excerpt from the upcoming book \u201cPhil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf\u2019s Most Colorful Superstar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mickelson was discussing the new Saudi Golf League on a phone call with Shipnuck in November, a league that will rival the PGA Tour. Mickelson has been rumored to be one of the players the Saudi League is going after, to which Mickelson responded by saying it gave him \u201cleverage\u201d over the PGA Tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey\u2019re scary motherf***ers to get involved with,\u201d Mickelson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/firepitcollective.com\/the-truth-about-phil-and-saudi-arabia\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWe know they killed [<\/span><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span> reporter and U.S. resident Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates. They\u2019ve been able to get by with manipulative, coercive, strong-arm tactics because we, the players, had no recourse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs nice a guy as [PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan] comes across as, unless you have leverage, he won\u2019t do what\u2019s right,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd the Saudi money has finally given us that leverage. I\u2019m not sure I even want [the SGL] to succeed, but just the idea of it is allowing us to get things done with the [PGA] Tour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mickelson apologized for his comments, but longtime sponsor KPMG still cut ties with the six-time major winner, as did the financial management company Workday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe made a personal decision, and I don\u2019t know anything beyond that,\u201d Ridley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/golf\/story\/_\/id\/33683807\/augusta-chairman-phil-mickelson-was-invited-pulled-out\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cI know that Phil has been a real fixture here at the Masters for many, many years. He\u2019s been a big part of our history. I certainly and we certainly wish him the best sort of working through the issues he\u2019s dealing with right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The first round of the Masters is currently underway, with Woods scheduled to tee off at 11:04 a.m. ET.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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